Issue No. 11 Date: 20th August 2015

South Bunbury Primary School and Education Support Centre

NEWSLETTER

SCHOOL SPORTS DAY Our school athletics carnival is set for Friday 18th September, which is the 2nd last week of this term. It is a great family day and I take this opportunity to let our school community know so that they can make arrangements to hopefully get some time off so that parents/family/carers can come along and enjoy the fun. In fact, during the days preceding the carnival we have our 800m races, jumps, throws and tug-o-war heats. Keep a look out for further info for our carnival week closer to the dates, but start accumulating those RDOs so you can be here. INDONESIAN FREE DRESS Many students and teachers dressed yesterday in Indonesian clothing and colours of red and white. A gold coin donation for this event went to the fundraising for a new toilet block at our sister school in Bali. Thanks to everyone’s generosity we raised $578.00. Ibu Zulsdorf will travel to Bali later this month so if you have any items to donate, such as stationery, balls, games etc please bring them in to school. NEXT ASSEMBLY Our next Assembly is next Friday 28th August, starting at 8.50am in the UCA. The assembly will be hosted by Year 4’s from Miss Brunton’s Room 2, ably assisted by Ms Pethick’s ESC class. It is at this assembly that we will be acknowledging ESC Principal, Mrs Janet Stokes’ contribution to the SBPS and ESC. The Regional Executive Director, Mr Neil Milligan, will be in attendance to make a presentation to Mrs Stokes. We cordially invite all members of our school community to come to this assembly to help us celebrate Mrs Stokes’ excellent contribution to the education of all of our students. We take this time to wish Mrs Stokes all the best for her retirement and look forward to seeing her next Friday. BOOK WEEK I look forward to our school celebrating Book Week next week I hope that children spend some time over the weekend reading

and reflecting on which book character they would like to get dressed up for Wednesday’s book character parade. The parade will be in the UCA starting at 9am and we ask parents to come along and view the parade. You are all welcome. While we are on reading books, it is a timely reminder for all parents to take the opportunity to read to their children. This is an invaluable opportunity to promote the importance of literacy.

Last Friday, Kate, Hayden and Clay represented South Bunbury Primary School at the State Cross Country Championships in Perth at the grounds of UWA. There was over 1000 competitors

in each age group.

Kate finished her 2km run in 44th place (out of 237). Hayden finished his 2.5 km run in 28th place (out of 222). Clay finished his 2.5km run in 82nd place (out of 275). Thanks to the parents who transported our athletes to the

event. Kate, Hayden and Clay, we are so proud of you all.

The schools’ P&C and school Board have written a joint submission outlining areas of concern regarding the Plaza Redevelopment. In particular, the formation of an access road onto Prosser Street. Please see the P&C President’s submis-

sion to the City of Bunbury on pages 8 & 9 of this newsletter.

Aussie of the Month July 2015

Matthew Lawson

Congratulations

From the Principal, Mr Harvey

Faction Scoreboard—Red faction has made the most points since the last Assembly. Congratulations Red faction.

1679 ↑ by 193

Red

1619 ↑by 160 Gold

1821 ↑ by 131 Green

2015 ↑ by 147 Blue

State Cross Country Champs

Plaza Redevelopment Issues

SOUTH BUNBURY

EDUCATION SUPPORT CENTRE

Dear Parents and community members,

I will begin this newsletter with a heartfelt thank you for the support over the last week while we have farewelled our longstanding principal, Mrs Janet Stokes. It is a pleasure to be in the position of principal for the rest of the year. At that point, it will be advertised for a permanent appointment. Many parents will know me as I have been at the school in a range of roles (including deputy principal) for just over 4 years, with the exception of last year where I was deputy at Success Primary School near Perth. Please do not hesitate to come and see me in the office or at Kiss and Drop to say hello or discuss any

concerns.

I am also very excited to appoint Lisa Rynasewycz and Jez Ainsworth as sharing the Deputy position for the remainder of the year, and look forward to working with them in continuing the great atmosphere and commitment that our school is renowned for.

We will be having a formal assembly to farewell Mrs Stokes on Friday 28th August at 8.50am. Parents and community members are invited to attend the assembly and come to morning tea following the formalities.

On Wednesday Mr Ron Trezise from the Starting New At Golf program came to our school to conduct golf clinics for our students. The students from both schools enjoyed

―having a go‖ at playing golf.

Thankyou to Ron Trezise and Mrs Rynasewycz for giving our students the opportunity to participate in this great program. SNAG have some after school Golf sessions available for our students from rooms 10, 11 & 1 on Wednesday 26th August at 3-4.00pm, Wednesday 2nd September 3-4pm & Wednesday 9th September 3-4pm on our school grounds.

Please contact the school if you require further information.

As our last parent get together was so popular, another parent afternoon tea is organised for Tuesday 25th August at Milligan House at 1.00-2.30pm. Please come along for a cuppa and catch up with other parents from our school. There will be supervision for small children. A note has been sent home with students. Please let us know by TOMORROW if you are

able to attend.

Mrs Stokes’ Farewell Assembly

Staff Changes

STATEMENT OF ETHOS AND

PURPOSE

To create a safe, supportive and

friendly school environment that

enables our students to develop

the skills, attitudes and values

they need to become happy,

healthy, independent members of

society.

Important dates:

P & C Disco—Friday 21st August

Parent Afternoon Tea– Milligan House, Tues-

day 25th Aug

Mrs Stokes’ Farewell Assembly– Friday 28th

August

Faction Athletics Carnival—Friday 18th Sep-

tember

SNAG Golf Clinics

Parent Network Afternoon Tea

Mrs Cathy Allen

Principal

South Bunbury Education Support Centre

Play Cafe

Play Café is back for 2015

The Play Café’s were set up to welcome you and your child to the school environment and to link you with other parents in the area. We look

forward to many years of enjoying each other’s company and to working in partnership together for your child’s education.

Where: Kindy Centre

When: Friday morning’s 1st May—26th June, Thursday morning’s 23rd July onwards

Time: 9am to 10.30am

What to bring: Water bottle and snack for your child, gold coin donation towards the cost of the session

and a cup of tea or coffee.

You have responsibility for you child at all times. You will have the opportunity to chat with other parents and access staff to help any questions you may have about the school system. While at Play Café you and your child will have the opportunity to play together, sing

together, create together and play together.

We look forward to welcoming all families who have children for Kindy in 2016 (DOB 1st July 2011—30th June 2012) or younger. Please

share this information with other families who may wish to join us.

Dear Parents,

This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this

program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school/early learning

centre – and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths.

From Wednesday 15th July to Tuesday 8th September, we are collecting Woolworths Earn

& Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent

(excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker

onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet

can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your local Woolworths.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The

range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for

Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our

library. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

We have two collection boxes at school, 1 is in the front office and the other is inside the

gate to the Kindy/Pre Primary area.

Sticker sheets are also available on the front counter at the office.

Woolworths Earn and Learn

Book Week is from Monday 24th August to Friday 28th August.

Books light up our world.

That’s the theme for this year’s Book Week, which coincides with the 70th year of the Children’s Book Council of Australia

(CBCA) Awards.

To celebrate, we are encouraging all students dress as their favourite book character, on Wednesday, August 26h. Join the

fun and show how books light up your world.

During Book Week (week 5), the CBCA shortlisted books will be on display in our library and you can even design your own

bookmark. Ask our librarian, Mrs Julie Newman, for details.

There will be a Book Week Parade, Wednesday 26th August

in the Undercover Area at 9am. Parents are welcome.

The year 5/6 Eagles Cup football team have spent the last

month playing different schools on Monday afternoons at Hay

Park. The boys showed fantastic commitment and where

ambassadors to the school. South Bunbury Primary School did

extremely well with many stand out performances.

The boys had to endure the cold morning training sessions and often wet and windy game days a t H a y P a r k o v a l . The last of the Eagles cup will be a lightning carnival held at Hay Park on the 26th of Au-

gust. The boys are looking forward to representing our school

and playing their hearts out once again.

Kapture Photography spent Monday and Tuesday this week capturing the beautiful South Bunbury smiles. Parents who haven't paid yet can go to their website and pay online within 5 days of the photos. www.kapture.com.au and use the code

F76D26.

Our PP 1 students waiting for their photo to be taken with Mrs

Wright and Mrs Townsend.

Voluntary Contributions and Charges

Book Week

Voluntary Contributions and Charges:

Thank you to everyone who has made their voluntary contribu-

tions already this year. Please make your payments at the

school office. EFTPOS is available.

Our aim is to reach 100%.

Statements for unpaid contributions and charges were mailed

home last week. Please help us reach our goal of 100%.

Every cent collected helps our children.

Kindy Pre Primary Primary Total

70% 72% 60% 62.3%

Eagles Cup

School Photos

Our school is ‘Nut Aware’

We have students with an anaphylactic reaction to not just peanuts but all kinds of nuts. We ask that parents

do not send nut products in

children’s lunches.

Virtue of Self-Discipline Meaning

Self-discipline means self-control. It is getting yourself to do what you really want to do, rather than being tossed around by your feelings like a leaf in the wind. You don’t lose control of yourself when you feel hurt or angry, but

decide how you are going to talk and what you are going

to do. With self-discipline, you take charge of yourself.

Signs Of Success

You are practicing self-discipline when you

Use detachment so your emotions won’t control

you.

Speak and act calmly when you are hurt or angry.

Get things done in an orderly, efficient way.

Create routines for yourself.

Do what is expected without people having to

watch over your.

Do things on time.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Every Thursday 9 -10.30am

Play Café

21st Aug School Disco

24-28th Aug Book Week

26th Aug Book Week Dress

Up and Parade

26th Aug Eagles Cup

28th Aug Assembly Rm 2, Yr

4, Mrs Stokes Retirement

OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program Ph 0428 762 325

We provide a child initiated, community based, recreational programme that caters for children from 4-12 years of age. OSH Club also offer Holiday Care programmes that are run from Cooinda and Kingston

Primary Schools.

NOW IN THE WET AREA BETWEEN THE MUSIC ROOM AND ROOM 14

We are enjoying being in our new room, which is the multi use activity room, opposite the Library. The children are settling in now and enjoying being able to access the Adventure Playground and Nature Playground from this space as an added bonus for outdoor play. Please feel free to

visit us and see our facilities at our new space.

OSH Club has recently undergone an Assessment & Rating review through the Childcare Licencing Authority. We are very pleased and proud to announce that we received an excellent report with lots of positive, constructive feedback about our service. All of the rating areas were met

so it will be two years until the next quality review.

Room 1, Year 4– Ms Kingdon/Ms Kavanagh Kate and Amelia

Room 2, Year 2 – Miss Brunton Zoe and Jade

Room 3, Years 3 & 4 – Mr Raven

Room 4, Year 3 – Ms McDonald Shinikwa and Elle

Room 5, Years 2 & 3 – Mrs Merritt Kaahil, Malakye and

Raine

Room 6, Year 2—Mrs Wilkosz Anais and Ashton

Room 7, Year 1—Mrs Greaves Jack and Sahara

Room 8, Year 1—Mrs Turner Adam and Liron

Room 12, Year 2 – Ms Thomson Harley and Maddy

Room 13, Year 5 & 6—Mrs Goodman Penny and Kay

Room 14, Year 6—Mr Allen Aiden

Room 15, Year 5 – Miss Webb Josh and Daisy

ESC Room 1—Ms Falco Jacob

ESC Room 2—Mrs Bilston Sekira

ESC Room 3—Ms Curlie Jasmine

ESC Room 7— Ms Martin/Ms Calleja Aubree

ESC Room 10—Ms Moore Clarissa

Room 3 Year 3/4 students following the last Assembly.

Contact us: South Bunbury Primary School Prosser Street BUNBURY WA Telephone: 9721 3299 Fax: 9721 3445 PO Box 1101 Bunbury WA 6231 Principal: Ian Harvey Deputies: Rob Williams & Jane Leaman South Bunbury Education Support Centre Principal: Janet Stokes Deputy: Cathy Allen Paisley Street BUNBURY WA Telephone: 9721 4808 Fax: 9721 6808 South Bunbury Dental Clinic Telephone: 9721 1497 Yvonne Broome—Manageress Canteen: 0447 793 355

When parents separate

When parents separate it is stressful for everybody, but it affects parents and children differently. For parents, separation sig-nals the end of the relationship with their primary partner and a change in the parenting role. For most children relationships with both parents continue, but there are often big changes and strong feelings. Though distress is unavoidable when families break up, most children recover without long-term negative effects. You can help children cope by reassuring and supporting

them while they adjust to the separation.

How Children react: Sometimes children talk about their strong feelings, but often the way they feel comes out in their behav-iour. They may become anxious and want to stay close to their parents. They may be angry or get into conflicts with others more than usual. These are reactions to the sense of loss and powerlessness that most children feel when their parents sepa-rate and their family changes. Some children try really hard to be good. They may be concerned about a parent’s distress, or worry that if they misbehave the parent who has care of them will leave them too. Sometimes children become protective of one parent and blame and reject the other. Children from the same family may respond differently. Their feelings and reactions are

likely to become more complicated when one or both parents start a new relationship.

How parents and carers can help: Children are affected by the ways their parents respond to the separation. Getting support

for yourself to help you manage the stress of separation is very important. If you are coping, it helps your children to manage

the changes better. If there is ongoing conflict and hostility between parents, it makes it much more difficult for children. When

this occurs, children’s wellbeing suffers and they are more likely to experience emotional or behavioural problems.

Helping children cope

Reassure children that even though you will no longer live all together as a family, they will not lose your love and care.

Offer this kind of reassurance often and back it up with action.

Explain what is happening as it relates to the child (eg where they will be living, how they will get to school). Let them know clearly what and how things will change, and what will stay the same.

Try to maintain children’s normal routines as far as possible. This helps children feel safer.

Understand that children fi nd it hard, and acknowledge and encourage them when they are coping well. Provide extra support before and after contact visits to help children settle. Recognise that it is likely to be diffi cult for children when you start a new relationship. Counselling can help you learn

ways to make this transition easier for children and for yourselves. Helping children maintain relationships

Respect children’s need to continue their relationship with the other parent (unless it is unsafe), as well as with extended family such as grandparents, and support them to do so.

Try to ensure that visits to the other parent are regular and predictable. Help children to see the positives (eg two homes, adults not fighting) and to look forward to spending time with the other

parent. Avoid criticising the other parent to your children. Sort out issues with the other parent rather than involving the children

in your disputes. Seek mediation if conflict persists.

Marist Cricket Club

Do you want to play cricket?

Everyone is welcome

Register now at maristcricketclub.com

All ages, boys and girls welcome

In2Cricket – Pre-primary to Year 2

T20 Blast – Years 3 and 4

Junior Cricket – Years 5 to 12

Senior cricket.

Season starts in Term 4.

Register on line at

maristcricketclub.com

Further details contact

Jeff Wootton 0429 800 090